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Sino-Nasal Outcomes Test

Name of Questionnaire

Sino-Nasal Outcomes Test-20 (SNOT-20)

Description

Disease-specific health-related quality of life instrument developed by focusing on physical and emotional impact of rhinosinusitis.

Developer

Jones ML, Piccirillo JF, Haiduk A, Thawley SE¹

Address

Jay Piccirillo, M.D.
Associate Professor and Director
Clinical Outcomes Research Office
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Washington University School of Medicine
Box 8115
660 S. Euclid Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63110
Phone: 314-362-7394
Fax: 314-362-7522

E-mail

piccirij@msnotes.wustl.edu

Cost & availability

Yes; contact J. Piccirillo for permission to use the instrument

Administration

Self

Time to complete

< 5 minutes

Number of items

Domains & categories

N/A - overall and magniture scores only

Name of categories/domains

N/A - overall and magniture scores only

Scaling of items

Measures magnitude (6-point scale) and importance (patient selects up to 5 most important items and the scores for these items are summed)

Scoring

Overall magnitude score (all 20 items) and a magnitude score just for the items identified as important available.

Reliability

Test-Retest/Reproducibility: Reported¹
Internal Consistency: Reported¹

Validity

Established by comparison to conventional clinical symptom measures¹

Responsiveness

Reported¹

Minimally important difference

Not reported

Research use

Yes, including clinical trials

Clinical use

Yes, currently

Alternate Versions

Instrument was derived from the Rhinosinusitis Outcome Measure (RSOM-31) 2. An abbreviated version (SNOT-16) is also available.³

Language

Original: English (U.S.)

References

Jones ML, Piccirillo, JF, Haiduk A, Thawley SE. Functional encoscopic sinus surgery: do ratings of appropriateness predict patient outcomes. Am J Rhinol 1998;12:249-55.
Piccirillo JF, Edwards D, Haiduk A, Yonan C, Thawley S. Psychometric and clinimetric validity of the 31-item rhinosinusitis outcome measure (RSOM-31). Am J Rhinol 1995;9:297-306.
Anderson ER, Murphy MP, Weymuller EA, Jr. Clinimetric evaluation of te Sinonasal Outcome Test-16. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1999;121:702-7.

Date of information

July 2000